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Painting of many wooden sailing warships in battle on rough sea, with flags flying and dark smoke rising behind them under a pale cloudy sky.

Episode uit de Vierdaagse Zeeslag, 11-14 juni 1666, in de Tweede Engelse Zeeoorlog (1665-1667)

A dense naval battle plays out over choppy grey-green water under a heavy sky of billowing smoke and pale clouds. Tall-masted sailing warships with furled and filled sails, many flying red, white and blue flags, crowd the middle distance, their hulls heeling in the swell.

Artist
attributed to Willem van de Velde (I)
Date
1666-1672
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2552 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1672.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Episodio de la Batalla de los Cuatro Días, junio de 1666, Segunda Guerra Anglo-Neerlandesa

Una densa batalla naval se desarrolla sobre aguas agitadas de color gris verdoso, bajo un cielo pesado de humo que se eleva y nubes pálidas. Navíos de guerra de vela con altos mástiles, muchos con banderas roja, blanca y azul, llenan el plano medio mientras sus cascos se inclinan con el oleaje.

Português: Episódio da Batalha dos Quatro Dias, junho de 1666, Segunda Guerra Anglo-Holandesa

Uma densa batalha naval se desenrola sobre águas agitadas de tom cinza-esverdeado, sob um céu pesado de fumaça ondulante e nuvens pálidas. Navios de guerra à vela, de mastros altos e muitos com bandeiras vermelhas, brancas e azuis, lotam o plano médio enquanto seus cascos adernam com a ondulação.

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